''Side Hustle'' is an American
buddy comedy television series created by Dave Malkoff that premiered on
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (nicknamed Nick) is an American pay television channel and the flagship property of the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first ca ...
on November 7, 2020. It lasted two seasons, with the final episode airing on June 30, 2022. The series stars
Jules LeBlanc,
Jayden Bartels
Jayden Isabel Bartels (born November 1, 2004) is an American influencer, YouTuber, singer and actress. She is known for her roles on Disney Channel's ''Coop & Cami Ask the World'' and Nickelodeon's ''Side Hustle''. She also made an appearance on ' ...
, Isaiah Crews, Mitchell Berg, and Jacques Chevelle.
Premise
In the town of Altoonisburg, smart and sarcastic Lex, tough and confident Presley, and their quirky male friend Munchy find themselves in a sticky situation after an accidental mishap destroys a boat belonging to Munchy's father, Principal Tedward. Forced to come up with creative ways to earn money to pay for the damages, the best friends enlist the help of Presley's tech-savvy younger brother, Fisher, to create an app called "Kid-DING" to connect with people looking for help with small jobs. With Munchy's bossy older brother Jaget making sure they keep up with the payments, the three friends must do any jobs that come their way no matter how crazy they are.
Halfway through season two, Presley manages to win a new boat for Tedward by winning a thumb wrestling competition allowing Tedward to call off Lex, Presley, and Munchy's debt to him. Unfortunately, they accidentally use their celebratory fireworks to destroy Jaget's new dune buggy causing Jaget to take over Kid-DING so that they can pay for the damages to his dune buggy.
Cast and characters
Main
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Jules LeBlanc as Lex, Presley's best friend who likes school and following the rules
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Jayden Bartels
Jayden Isabel Bartels (born November 1, 2004) is an American influencer, YouTuber, singer and actress. She is known for her roles on Disney Channel's ''Coop & Cami Ask the World'' and Nickelodeon's ''Side Hustle''. She also made an appearance on ' ...
as Presley, Lex's best friend who is tough and confident
* Isaiah Crews as Munchy, Lex and Presley's quirky male friend
* Mitchell Berg as Fisher, Presley's younger brother who is a scientific genius and inventor, and has a crush on Lex
* Jacques Chevelle as Jaget, Munchy's conventional older brother who does not approve of Lex, Presley and Munchy, and is a crossing guard
Recurring
* Daryl C. Brown as Tedward, Munchy and Jaget's father and Lex and Presley's school principal who orders them to pay for the fire damage to his boat which lasts until "Thumb and Thumber"
* Kurt Ela as Alan, Presley and Fisher's quirky father
* Menik Gooneratne as Sophia Fugazi, a popular fashion blogger
* Matthew Sato as Spenders (season 1), the manager of Presley and Lex's favorite milkshake shop, MicroMooery
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Lilimar as Buckles, the owner of MicroMooery's competitor, Froyo-Yoyo
* Reyn Doi as Horrigan, Fisher's lab assistant
* Matte Martinez as Ty, Spenders' cousin who takes over running the Mooery when Spenders leaves town to open a new MicroMooery
* Leah Mei Gold as Gloria, an ardent student of Jaget's Jag-Jitsu martial arts class and Fisher's love interest
* Luke Mullen as Luke, Lex's love interest and an Altoonisburg student who wants to become a veterinarian
Notable guest stars
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Eric Allan Kramer as Briles, a man who works at the city dump
* Kensington Tallman as Ruby, Lex's visiting younger cousin, who develops a crush on Fisher
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Terry Crews
Terry Alan Crews (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor, television host, and former professional American football, football player. He played Julius Rock in the UPN/The CW Television Network, CW sitcom ''Everybody Hates Chris'', which air ...
as Nedward, Munchy's uncle and Tedward's brother
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Darci Lynne as The Wombat, a "fixer" who wears a tuxedo
Production
On February 24, 2020, it was announced that
Nickelodeon
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ordered ''Side Hustle'' from creator Dave Malkoff, a
multi-camera
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buddy comedy series starring
Annie LeBlanc as Lex and Jayden Bartels as Presley. Also starring in the series are Isaiah Crews – son of actor
Terry Crews
Terry Alan Crews (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor, television host, and former professional American football, football player. He played Julius Rock in the UPN/The CW Television Network, CW sitcom ''Everybody Hates Chris'', which air ...
– as Munchy, Mitchell Berg as Fisher, and Jacques Chevelle as Jaget. Dave Malkoff serves as executive producer. John Beck and Ron Hart serve as executive producers and
showrunners
A showrunner is the top-level executive producer of a television series. The position outranks other creative and management personnel, including episode directors, in contrast to feature films, in which the director has creative control over th ...
.
On January 7, 2021, it was announced that Nickelodeon had ordered seven more episodes of the series, bringing the first season order to 20 episodes. On March 18, 2021, it was announced that Nickelodeon had ordered six additional episodes of the series, bringing the revised first season order to 26 episodes. On September 1, 2021, it was announced that Nickelodeon renewed the series for a 20-episode second season. The second season premiered on October 2, 2021, and ended on June 30, 2022.
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2020–21)
Season 2 (2021–22)
Ratings
References
External links
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{{Former Nickelodeon original series
2020s American children's comedy television series
2020s Nickelodeon original programming
2020 American television series debuts
2022 American television series endings
American English-language television shows